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Military service
Service number:
670135
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
December 7, 1887
Arthur, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 30, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 2, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Julia Riordan of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private Michael Riordan
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Pte. Michael Riordan's name appears on this Memorial Tablet. St. Paul's was founded in 1822 as the first Roman Catholic parish in York (now Toronto). The present church was designed by Joseph Connelly in 1889 and was renamed St. Paul's Basilica in 1999. The WWI Memorial plaque is located outside the front entrance of the church. The Basilica is located in downtown Toronto on the corner of Power and Queen Street -
Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Riordan
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Riordan
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Riordan
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Riordan
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Riordan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 316 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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